I’m watching the game on German TV. I don’t speak German well enough to follow what they’re saying, but they’re better than the NBC gasbags. The BBC commentators are decent, too, when the BBC can be arsed to televise the game.

I see it like this: Karlsson and Alfie are buddies. Karlsson’s contract goes through 2019. If we can get Alfie to sign through 2021 or so, Karlsson would have no choice but to come to Detroit to play with Alfie. Alfie would be 49 in 2021, and based on the way he is playing he could keep it up.